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The #1 thing that has surprised me for many years about the CSS site is
that it has never been particularly stylish.
I think having a site that looks like it was created by a designer
rather than a spec writer is important given the topic of the site. It
sort of sets the standard for what can be done with CSS, etc.
Regards,
- -Dylan
fantasai wrote:
>
> Heya everyone,
> Jason Cranford Teague (AOL's CSSWG rep) and I are planning to redesign
> the CSS homepage to make it more useful and give it a new look:
>
> http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/
>
> We're interested in your feedback on how to make it more useful and
> usable. I consider this community and other people following the
> development of CSS3+ to be our main target audience, although that's
> also up for debate. :)
>
> We do need to provide a soft landing for those new to CSS since we're
> the definitive resource on CSS, both by virtue of defining CSS and by
> being the first hit [excluding the music group] for CSS on Google,
> Yahoo, and MSN Search. We aren't a good resource for learning CSS, and
> won't be for the forseeable future, but we should point to good places
> to start.
>
> I did a few in-person interviews at the Tech Plenary last week, here's
> what I've gathered so far:
>
> Good information for web designers wanting to learn CSS:
> Several designers suggested the css-discuss wiki (and mailing list)
> as the best place to direct people.
>
> Critical Links
> Steve Zilles pointed out that we should have fast access to
> - CSS specs and drafts
> - www-style archives and subscription info
> - CSS test suites
> - CSSWG blog
> - our wiki
> Kevin Lawver also suggests
> linking to
> - the validator
> - HTML and WebAPI WGs
> - info on how to contribute to what we're doing
> and not spending any front-page real estate on the long lists
> of "what's new in [tools|tutorials|browsers|etc]".
> Jason also included information on the CSSWG: structure, mission
> and participation
>
> So, to reiterate, we're looking for *your* feedback on how to make the
> CSS homepage better. Some questions to get started with:
>
> What should be our objectives for the site? What's needed, who should we
> targetting, and what should we provide for them?
>
> What do *you* want from the site? What links are most important?
>
> What critical information do you feel is missing (or very hard to find)?
>
> How would you organize the site's content?
>
> What should we do with existing content filling up
> http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/ and http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/learning
> ? (E.g. scrap it, put it on a separate page, format it as a table,
> outsource it to a wiki, whatever)
>
> Anything else we should take into account?
>
> ~fantasai
>
>
>
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